Putting this here
To be effective, get out of the petty fights
STOP with the call outs, doxxing
(Yes, I hold whose entire brand is “call out” to facts & standards)
Activism that is entirely composed of call outs does NOT work to achieve system change
To be effective, get out of the petty fights
STOP with the call outs, doxxing
(Yes, I hold whose entire brand is “call out” to facts & standards)
Activism that is entirely composed of call outs does NOT work to achieve system change
Let’s stop with the high school level thinking of labels, cliques, and lack of independent or factual thinking.
There is never any “us vs them.”
If you think that way, your identity and agenda is likely lacking complexity or scope and is too small.
There is never any “us vs them.”
If you think that way, your identity and agenda is likely lacking complexity or scope and is too small.
I don’t give a flying fiddlestick who you are friends with or follow or whatever. Irrelevant
Show me IRL results
I don’t care what you did in the past cuz if I did I would NOT be anti-racist
Puritanical thinking is great when you are Asian or white, NOT if this your reality
Show me IRL results
I don’t care what you did in the past cuz if I did I would NOT be anti-racist
Puritanical thinking is great when you are Asian or white, NOT if this your reality
One of 1st things when a black man is killed by brutal violence by somebody in authority
his entire past trotted is out
as if some thing he was accused of at age 15 justifies how he was killed by somebody else at age 30
doxxing is not anti-racist
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
his entire past trotted is out
as if some thing he was accused of at age 15 justifies how he was killed by somebody else at age 30
doxxing is not anti-racist
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
If engage in defamation, character attacks, innuendo
instead of focusing on facts or standards
may not realize it but are using the tactics of white supremacy
whipping up fear, disgust, anger for mob mentality
Trial by rumor, assumption, falsehood
time.com/4652126/emmett…
instead of focusing on facts or standards
may not realize it but are using the tactics of white supremacy
whipping up fear, disgust, anger for mob mentality
Trial by rumor, assumption, falsehood
time.com/4652126/emmett…
Even with lie fabricated about Emmett Till
had there been thoughtful approach to considering correct level of response for alleged “offense” & his age, he did not deserve any of the hate towards him
requires facts & standards to be used when it is a POC
for fair use of power
had there been thoughtful approach to considering correct level of response for alleged “offense” & his age, he did not deserve any of the hate towards him
requires facts & standards to be used when it is a POC
for fair use of power
I do NOT like to use term hysterical given misogynistic roots but here it applies. Rumors created outraged mob mindset. “Justice system” was used for unjust things by women against women. Vs which women? Ones at margins, outliers, different, individual.
history.com/news/notable-w…
history.com/news/notable-w…
Whose emotions, anxiety, outrage is it that people care about?
It is not black women whose sons die daily because black boys are seen as a “threat”
It is not women at the border whose children are ripped from the breast & put in cages, also a “threat”
nytimes.com/2020/05/27/opi…
It is not black women whose sons die daily because black boys are seen as a “threat”
It is not women at the border whose children are ripped from the breast & put in cages, also a “threat”
nytimes.com/2020/05/27/opi…
So if you are a WW or white passing woman relying on call outs & outrage, is that really a history you want to perpetuate?
Realize that process & dynamic is inherently inequitable as it relies on a fragile type of femininity that evokes others’ emotions
files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ899…
Realize that process & dynamic is inherently inequitable as it relies on a fragile type of femininity that evokes others’ emotions
files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ899…
Non-white girl’s/woman’s pain, suffering, sacrifice, harm done to her and her family?
Ignore
Turn one’s back
Not important
Only time such girls or women become relevant is when needed to manufacture a “savior” narrative to invade or grab power.
amnestyusa.org/this-girl-trav…
Ignore
Turn one’s back
Not important
Only time such girls or women become relevant is when needed to manufacture a “savior” narrative to invade or grab power.
amnestyusa.org/this-girl-trav…
To achieve results for ALL, not rely on the same hierarchy by race
then call out culture - that has a long ugly history of racism and misogyny - has to stop
We have to stop being Puritanical about right/wrong and good/bad
We have to do the hard work of system & culture change
then call out culture - that has a long ugly history of racism and misogyny - has to stop
We have to stop being Puritanical about right/wrong and good/bad
We have to do the hard work of system & culture change
